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My New Years Resolution (Reposted)

Oh, the New Year Resolution.  Time honored and easily broken.  I am giving it a shot this year.  Instead of the usual “work out more” “eat better” “be healthier” resolutions of the past, this year I am working on my insides.  My resolution this year is simply to be a better person.  I am going to try to be more patient, understanding, calm, empowering, and nicer.  Both to myself and those around me.  For those of you who know me, you know I have a very well developed sense of equity and fairness (unfortunately that is calling card of the Iron Dog - My Chinese astrological sign is Dog and I was born in the Year of Metal) .  Counter intuitively, this skill is not helpful in being a better person.  So, alas, I am going to attempt to take a step away from “fairness” and a step toward compassion and love.

My hope is that this will turn into a new way of thinking and being and will not be swept away in a sea of stress, emotional hurts, and reactionary behavior.  May the force be with me…

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Posted by Jennifer Carey on Apr. 22, 2009